Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seriously? You'd send a kid with a fever out? Unreal.

People go to school and work with fevers every day. It isn’t 2020-21.

At some point it becomes necessary. Last year my DD missed 10 days of school (two different weeks) due to fevers. School freaked out about attendance even though she was complying with their fever policy. She was applying to schools and it had to be put in her applications. Her main extracurricular was in jeopardy, too.

There were obviously kids going in to school and activities who were way more sick than she was and who she caught it from. It’s fine to play by the rules in preschool but the stakes get higher for older kids and it backs families into tough corners.

No, you just valued her extracurriculars more than your daughter's health and the health of everyone around her.

This! And I would do the same thing. My kids and their success is more important to me than random strangers health. Now, if these things weren't in contradiction, one could value both.

See how you feel when the cards are flipped on you one day. Guarantee you get an illness where you wish Others were more careful.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1-2 TB ACV in a bottle of water every 3 hours. Add a drop of iodine if you have the edible kind (not the drug store kind, that’s poisonous).

Ice pack on back of neck, Can even stuff one in her bra during the concert if she’s really feeling terrible.

Eating ice chips Can help too, maybe a convenience store slushie right before the concert.

Sudafed or something with Sudafed in it for nasal drip. Give a 12 hour dose asap as it might make her sleepy at first.

Get some sugar and caffeine in her before the concert. Can also try excedrin migraine for headache, it has caffeine.

Hot tea with honey.

Thank you. This was actually helpful and I appreciate it. -OP

A lot of it is crazy. Sudafed does not make you tired. Benadryl does. Sudafed can make you jittery. Do not give a kid Excedrin. Especially with Sudafed. And ACV won’t do anything except maybe make her vomit. And for the love of God, no iodine.

Rest, ibuprofen, tea with honey, lots of liquids.

I want to repeat this because it is important. No excedrin for kids. It contains aspirin. Excedrin Migraine has aspirin, ibuprofen, and caffeine.

You are already giving her ibuprofen. DO NOT DOUBLE UP.

KIDS SHOUlD NOT HAVE ASPIRIN.

There's an Excedrin Tension Headache without aspirin, in case you ever need it. But also Excedrin has acetaminophen, not ibuprofen.[google]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DD plays an instrument and has a mandatory holiday concert tonight. If she isn’t there, her part won’t be covered and she may lose her spot for the spring. It’s not a wind instrument and she can wear a mask, and her Covid tests are negative.

However, she’s pretty down for the count and has a fever, sore throat and headache with post nasal drip. I’m alternating cold/cough medicine with Motrin and making her light smoothies with ginger and coconut water and pineapple juice. What else can I do to revive her for the evening?

And yes, I know I shouldn’t send a sick kid out into the world, but the Covid era of forgiveness for absences for illness is definitely over at her school and at her activities. And obviously she wouldn’t have caught something if someone else didn’t go out with it first.

The bolded are pre-COVID reasons to keep a sick kid home. You're not talking about mild nasal congestion and a kid who feels fine, which was what the COVID nuttery was about.

PS - illnesses can (and often are) spread asymptomatically. The whole "someone else went out with it, too" isn't an excuse.

Yes this is like a weird overreaction to covid in the other direction.

In 2019, if you were so sick that you literally needed to be propped up, you stayed home. You would go to the doctor, get tested for whatever was going around, and seek appropriate treatment.

Now it's like, to prove you're not one of those crazy covid people, you have to show up everywhere no matter how sick you are, make sure you don't get tested for anything and just white knuckle it. No mask because people might be suspicious you are sick (apparently the clammy skin, raspy voice, and congestion won't give it away).

Actually, where I live and work this was the norm pre-covid and is back to the norm now.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DD plays an instrument and has a mandatory holiday concert tonight. If she isn’t there, her part won’t be covered and she may lose her spot for the spring. It’s not a wind instrument and she can wear a mask, and her Covid tests are negative.

However, she’s pretty down for the count and has a fever, sore throat and headache with post nasal drip. I’m alternating cold/cough medicine with Motrin and making her light smoothies with ginger and coconut water and pineapple juice. What else can I do to revive her for the evening?

And yes, I know I shouldn’t send a sick kid out into the world, but the Covid era of forgiveness for absences for illness is definitely over at her school and at her activities. And obviously she wouldn’t have caught something if someone else didn’t go out with it first.

The bolded are pre-COVID reasons to keep a sick kid home. You're not talking about mild nasal congestion and a kid who feels fine, which was what the COVID nuttery was about.

PS - illnesses can (and often are) spread asymptomatically. The whole "someone else went out with it, too" isn't an excuse.

Yes this is like a weird overreaction to covid in the other direction.

In 2019, if you were so sick that you literally needed to be propped up, you stayed home. You would go to the doctor, get tested for whatever was going around, and seek appropriate treatment.

Now it's like, to prove you're not one of those crazy covid people, you have to show up everywhere no matter how sick you are, make sure you don't get tested for anything and just white knuckle it. No mask because people might be suspicious you are sick (apparently the clammy skin, raspy voice, and congestion won't give it away).

Elderberry syrup, the real kind. Can even make it into a hot tea.

Anonymous wrote:My DD plays an instrument and has a mandatory holiday concert tonight. If she isn’t there, her part won’t be covered and she may lose her spot for the spring. It’s not a wind instrument and she can wear a mask, and her Covid tests are negative.

However, she’s pretty down for the count and has a fever, sore throat and headache with post nasal drip. I’m alternating cold/cough medicine with Motrin and making her light smoothies with ginger and coconut water and pineapple juice. What else can I do to revive her for the evening?

And yes, I know I shouldn’t send a sick kid out into the world, but the Covid era of forgiveness for absences for illness is definitely over at her school and at her activities. And obviously she wouldn’t have caught something if someone else didn’t go out with it first.

The bolded are pre-COVID reasons to keep a sick kid home. You're not talking about mild nasal congestion and a kid who feels fine, which was what the COVID nuttery was about.

PS - illnesses can (and often are) spread asymptomatically. The whole "someone else went out with it, too" isn't an excuse.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seriously? You'd send a kid with a fever out? Unreal.

People go to school and work with fevers every day. It isn’t 2020-21.

At some point it becomes necessary. Last year my DD missed 10 days of school (two different weeks) due to fevers. School freaked out about attendance even though she was complying with their fever policy. She was applying to schools and it had to be put in her applications. Her main extracurricular was in jeopardy, too.

There were obviously kids going in to school and activities who were way more sick than she was and who she caught it from. It’s fine to play by the rules in preschool but the stakes get higher for older kids and it backs families into tough corners.

No, you just valued her extracurriculars more than your daughter's health and the health of everyone around her.

This! And I would do the same thing. My kids and their success is more important to me than random strangers health. Now, if these things weren't in contradiction, one could value both.

My DD has been playing in MCYO for years. They are allowed one absence per concert season, and dress rehearsals and concerts are mandatory. *But* - if you contact the managers, there is obviously leeway when the child is feverish and clearly ill. I know MCYO would never want to have an actively contagious child at a concert, the venue (Strathmore) would hate that and it's against both their sick policies.

You MUST contact the manager and explain the situation. If your child loses her spot because of this absence, this is NOT a youth orchestra she wants to be in!!!

In the event she feels slightly better and wants to go, WEAR A BLACK MASK. This is what MCYO students wore last year and some still do. It's socially acceptable for musicians on stage, and the medically responsible thing to do.

- musician parent.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1-2 TB ACV in a bottle of water every 3 hours. Add a drop of iodine if you have the edible kind (not the drug store kind, that’s poisonous).

Ice pack on back of neck, Can even stuff one in her bra during the concert if she’s really feeling terrible.

Eating ice chips Can help too, maybe a convenience store slushie right before the concert.

Sudafed or something with Sudafed in it for nasal drip. Give a 12 hour dose asap as it might make her sleepy at first.

Get some sugar and caffeine in her before the concert. Can also try excedrin migraine for headache, it has caffeine.

Hot tea with honey.

Thank you. This was actually helpful and I appreciate it. -OP

Stuffing ice packs in a bra because of a fever is insane. If she needs all of those remedies to cope, she is too sick to be out.

Indeed she's too sick to be out, but the stakes are too high to miss it. If it were my daughter I would do everything I can to get her out there and then change the illness rules.

Truth is - I don't get sick days either. The work piles up and the kids still need to be fed. It's just life!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1-2 TB ACV in a bottle of water every 3 hours. Add a drop of iodine if you have the edible kind (not the drug store kind, that’s poisonous).

Ice pack on back of neck, Can even stuff one in her bra during the concert if she’s really feeling terrible.

Eating ice chips Can help too, maybe a convenience store slushie right before the concert.

Sudafed or something with Sudafed in it for nasal drip. Give a 12 hour dose asap as it might make her sleepy at first.

Get some sugar and caffeine in her before the concert. Can also try excedrin migraine for headache, it has caffeine.

Hot tea with honey.

Thank you. This was actually helpful and I appreciate it. -OP

A lot of it is crazy. Sudafed does not make you tired. Benadryl does. Sudafed can make you jittery. Do not give a kid Excedrin. Especially with Sudafed. And ACV won’t do anything except maybe make her vomit. And for the love of God, no iodine.

Rest, ibuprofen, tea with honey, lots of liquids.

I want to repeat this because it is important. No excedrin for kids. It contains aspirin. Excedrin Migraine has aspirin, ibuprofen, and caffeine.

You are already giving her ibuprofen. DO NOT DOUBLE UP.

KIDS SHOUlD NOT HAVE ASPIRIN.

Anonymous wrote:Seriously? You'd send a kid with a fever out? Unreal.

DP
Absolutely! Given the rules, I wouldn't want my kid to have to give up a hard earned spot for a couple day illness.

Hot shower right before she leaves. Caffeine. Tylenol and ibuprofen and pseudophedrine (the kind behind the pharmacy counter - get the 12 hour if they have it). Afrin.

We have all been there at some point. Don't have her linger around before or after the concert.

Anonymous wrote:I'd confirm with the director that she will lose her spot if she isn't there. If they say yes, I'd give her a cough drop and send her. I wouldn't mask because that makes her look suspicious. If other people get sick, blame the policy

+1
The no forgiveness for illnesses is a real problem. I wouldn't mask her, but I would definitely mask the symptoms, i.e., dayquil or the equivalent.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1-2 TB ACV in a bottle of water every 3 hours. Add a drop of iodine if you have the edible kind (not the drug store kind, that’s poisonous).

Ice pack on back of neck, Can even stuff one in her bra during the concert if she’s really feeling terrible.

Eating ice chips Can help too, maybe a convenience store slushie right before the concert.

Sudafed or something with Sudafed in it for nasal drip. Give a 12 hour dose asap as it might make her sleepy at first.

Get some sugar and caffeine in her before the concert. Can also try excedrin migraine for headache, it has caffeine.

Hot tea with honey.

Thank you. This was actually helpful and I appreciate it. -OP

A lot of it is crazy. Sudafed does not make you tired. Benadryl does. Sudafed can make you jittery. Do not give a kid Excedrin. Especially with Sudafed. And ACV won’t do anything except maybe make her vomit. And for the love of God, no iodine.

Rest, ibuprofen, tea with honey, lots of liquids.

pp here you can have her in a warm bath with epsom salts too for about 20mins. All the best to her!